Antoine Cason

Each week, Baltimore Sun reporter Aaron Wilson looks back at the Ravens' previous game and ahead to their next opponent.

GAME PLAN: The Ravens' strategy of trying to establish the run backfired badly as they got stuffed repeatedly at the line of scrimmage by Houston Texans star defensive end J.J. Watt. Because of the Ravens' inability to block Watt and defensive end Jared Crick, they couldn't get into manageable third-down situations. They didn't have any concrete answer for how to contain Watt and rarely provided chip-blocking assistance for their tackles. Ravens coach John Harbaugh said the team didn't want to have to go into a maximum-protection blocking scheme...

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Each week, Baltimore Sun reporter Aaron Wilson looks back at the Ravens' previous game and ahead to their next opponent.
GAME PLAN: The Ravens' strategy of trying to establish the run backfired badly as they got stuffed repeatedly at the line of...

Some sports name three stars of the game after the game. I'll do that one better: I'm going to name them before the Ravens even play. These will be the three stars of the game when the Ravens travel to NRG Stadium to face the 7-7 Houston Texans.
1. Tight...

April 2, 2009: The Bears acquire Jay Cutler in a trade with the Broncos, sending quarterback Kyle Orton, two first-round draft picks and a third-rounder for him.
Nov. 12, 2009: In a bumpy first season in Chicago, Cutler's worst game is a...

The Ravens' secondary absorbed its latest blow Monday when cornerback Asa Jackson was declared out for the season.
A second opinion confirmed the initial diagnosis from Sunday that Jackson had damaged his posterior cruciate ligament. Because the injury...

Although Ravens wide receiver Torrey Smith is still dealing with a sprained right knee, he's active for today's game against the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Smith did not display his usual explosiveness in warmups and his running was labored Friday, but the...

When the Ravens signed former Washington Redskins wide receiver Aldrick Robinson to their practice squad this week, they agreed to pay him an upgraded weekly salary.
Robinson is making $10,000 per week, above the usual practice squad rate of $6,300 per...

GREEN BAY, Wis. -- The Green Bay Packers are tied for first place in the NFC North. The Carolina Panthers are in first place in the NFC South. As midseason nears, however, the two teams going in different directions.
The Packers (5-2), winners of four in...

CINCINNATI -- The Cincinnati Bengals and Carolina Panthers shared an empty feeling after Sunday's game at Paul Brown Stadium, in which neither team won or lost.
Bengals coach Marvin Lewis called it "a missed opportunity."
Panthers coach Ron Rivera said,...

Welcome back to “The Blitz Package,” your weekly destination for notable news, nuggets and intriguing Chicago Bears storylines. This week’s topic: the offensive woes in the second half of Sunday’s 31-24 loss to the Panthers.
The Bears left Charlotte on...

There is no such thing as a moral victory in the NFL, especially not after all three phases collaborated so thoroughly to waste a 14-point lead in Sunday's loss at Carolina.
But if you are searching for something that could bode well for the remainder of...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Ten thoughts after the Chicago Bears squandered a 14-point lead and lost to the Carolina Panthers 31-24 Sunday afternoon at Bank of America Stadium.
1. Like every other opponent, the Panthers were concerned about the big, athletic...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Bears linemen Kyle Long and Jordan Mills reached down to lift their battered quarterback from the turf after defeat was certain Sunday. This indignity was not part of the original script.
Victory seemed so probable not long before....